Example sentences of "[v-ing] by an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was perhaps originally an oral message from Cnut , committed to writing by an ecclesiastic for circulation to the shire courts , and then redrafted into its present state by Wulfstan . |
| 2 | He not only created the material world but also , like a divine watchmaker , set it going by an initial injection of motion , and kept it going by occasional adjustments . |
| 3 | By the end of the nineteenth century London 's population was rising by an extra 100,000 inhabitants per annum . |
| 4 | ‘ Here we are , ’ said Mrs Wright stopping by an isolated house with a large untidy garden . |
| 5 | They found that the proposals would result in net farming incomes falling by an estimated £11,000 or £12,000 . |
| 6 | The charity shop 's not really a proper shop — it ai n't smart or none of that , and there 's just a couple of old women sitting by an electric fire and helping out customers when they want to try on clothes and that . |
| 7 | Last Monday night , in a mood of deep depression , I was sitting by an open window , praying for a little peace and happiness in my dark life . |
| 8 | This day , I was sitting by an old lady , almost as old as I am now , I suppose . |
| 9 | Bennett is standing by an early two-stump wicket , a return to which batsmen may favour . |
| 10 | Lily and the boy were standing by an old iron playhorse which had once been painted dark green but now was blotched with rust . |
| 11 | Jay 's rainbow wings fluttered around a sun-sparkling river that had become her life , where she had been moping by an old canal full of dead shopping trolleys for years . |
| 12 | The mother , aged 22 , of Wolverhampton , had been stabbed to death and her husband , aged 30 , was hanging by an electric cable from a loft beam . |
| 13 | A modern categorisation is this : ( a ) killing by omission when the law imposes a duty to act ; ( b ) killing by gross negligence or by recklessness ( there is debate whether the former form has survived the introduction of reckless manslaughter in the 1980s ) ; ( c ) killing by an unlawful act , also called constructive manslaughter ; ( d ) killing where there is provocation ( see Chapter 2 ) , diminished responsibility ( see Chapter 11 ) , or a suicide pact . |